The street artist who transforms family photos into nostalgic and beautiful murals

There are photographs that remain closed in the albums of memories for years, until that family party arrives in which, between a chat and the other, someone remembers to bring them out.

These are images that portray relatives and friends in moments of ordinary or extraordinary everyday life. Photos that, usually, touch the heart of the family circle, but which for the rest of the world have very little meaning. Unless a certain come into play Mohamed the Ghacham.

It is one Moroccan Street Artist who recovers old family photographs to reproduce them in giant format on the walls of the cities from all over the world. Mohamed transforms personal and intimate images into collective visual experiences, combining past and present, private and public sphere.

The technique used in its murals evokes a sense of nostalgia, thanks to a pictorial style that detaches itself from the clean and graphic lines typical of many of its colleagues. As we said, Mohamed brings his brilliant street art all over the world: here is a work made in 2021 in Tunisia.

Instead “the bride” was painted on the walls of Castelsaraceno, province of Potenza, in 2021.

“Confinamiento Chete” dates back to 2020 and was painted by the artist on the walls of a Palazzo di Valencia, Spain, in the pandemic period.

Always in Spain, in that of Zaragoza, here is another moment of extraordinary everyday life: “Mother Alfamén”.

Let’s go back to Italy for a moment, to be exact in Ragusa, with “El Baile”.

What can I say, Mohamed’s street art is undoubtedly unique.

SOURCE: Mohamedlghacham